• Department of Plastic Surgery;;
  • Affiliated Shanghai No. 9 Peoples Hospital;;
  • Shanghai No. 2 Medical Univerisity;;
  • Shanghai 200011;;
Microwave; Lymphedema; Radical operation of carcinoma of breast
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Abstract Sixty-four cases of upper limb lymphedema following radical operation of carcinoma of breast were treated by microwave therapy. The course of treatment was divided into two stages. Each stage was one hour a day for 20 days. Elastic band was put on the limb betweenevery therapy except the time of sleeping at night. After 1 months to 2 years follow-up, the results showed: symptoms disappeared obviously; the edema had gone down (P lt;0.01). The relapse frequency of erysipelas-like syndrome decreased obviously (P lt;0.01). The skin elasticity restored, and no complication appeared. It was concluded that microwave therapy was an effective conservative treatment in treating upper limb lymphedema following radical operaion of carcinoma of breast.

Citation： Chen Yonglong,Gan Jiliang,Zhang Disheng et al.. MICROWAVE THERAPY OF LYMPHEDEMA OF UPPER LIMB FOLLOWING RADICAL OPERATION OF CARCINOMA OF BREAST. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1996, 10(4): 228-230. doi: Copy